This is my tumblr. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
(Just a heads up for anyone who I follow: I have a habit of going through every page of someone's tumblr if I start following them, looking for things that amuse/interest me. I'm starting to realize that this might seem a bit creepy, so I apologize in advance.)
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Put a letter from A-Z in my ask and I’ll tell you 1 thing I love which starts with that letter.
THIS IS CUTE PLEASE
Yes, lets imagine a world WITHOUT MUSLIMS, shall we?
Without Muslims you wouldn’t have:
- Coffee
Cameras
Experimental Physics
Chess
Soap
Shampoo
Perfume/spirits
Irrigation
Crank-shaft, internal combustion engine, valves, pistons
Combination locks
Architectural innovation (pointed arch -European Gothic cathedrals adopted this technique as it made the building much stronger, rose windows, dome buildings, round towers, etc.)
Surgical instruments
Anesthesia
Windmill
Treatment of Cowpox
Fountain pen
Numbering system
Algebra/Trigonometry
Modern Cryptology
3 course meal (soup, meat/fish, fruit/nuts)
Crystal glasses
Carpets
Checks
Gardens used for beauty and meditation instead of for herbs and kitchen.
- University
- Optics
- Music
- Toothbrush
- Hospitals
- Bathing
- Quilting
- Mariner’s Compass
- Soft drinks
- Pendulum
- Braille
- Cosmetics
- Plastic surgery
- Calligraphy
- Manufacturing of paper and cloth
It was a Muslim who realized that light ENTERS our eyes, unlike the Greeks who thought we EMITTED rays, and so invented a camera from this discovery.
It was a Muslim who first tried to FLY in 852, even though it is the Wright Brothers who have taken the credit.
It was a Muslim by the name of Jabir ibn Hayyan who was known as the founder of modern Chemistry. He transformed alchemy into chemistry. He invented: distillation, purification, oxidation, evaporation, and filtration. He also discovered sulfuric and nitric acid.
It is a Muslim, by the name of Al-Jazari who is known as the father of robotics.
It was a Muslim who was the architect for Henry V’s castle.
It was a Muslim who invented hollow needles to suck cataracts from eyes, a technique still used today.
It was a Muslim who actually discovered inoculation, not Jenner and Pasteur to treat cowpox. The West just brought it over from Turkey
It was Muslims who contributed much to mathematics like Algebra and Trigonometry, which was imported over to Europe 300 years later to Fibonnaci and the rest.
It was Muslims who discovered that the Earth was round 500 years before Galileo did.
The list goes on………..
Just imagine a world without Muslims. Now I think you probably meant, JUST IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT TERRORISTS. And then I would agree, the world would definitely be a better place without those pieces of filth. But to hold a whole group responsible for the actions of a few is ignorant and racist. No one would ever expect Christians or White people to be held responsible for the acts of Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma bombing) or Andreas Brevik (Norway killing), or the gun man that shot Congresswoman Giffords in head, wounded 12 and killed 6 people, and rightly so because they had nothing to do with those incidents! Just like the rest of the 1.5 billion Muslims have nothing to do with this incident!
Sources:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/how-islamic-inventors-changed-the-world-469452.html
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-01-29/world/muslim.inventions_1_hassani-inventions-muslim?_s=PM:WORLD
http://www.ummahedinburgh.co.uk/radio/files/Muslim-Invention-Article.pdf
Harry Dresden, X all the Y meme
just a reminder
please someone take audacity away from me
Game of the year?
Help Mitt Romney to catch all women with his binder
FANDOM EDITION
- A - Your current OTP
- B - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind
- C - A pairing you have never liked and probably never will
- D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t
- E - Have you added anything stupid/cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what
- F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom
- G - Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it
- H - Do you prefer characters from real action series or anime series
- I - Has tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why
- J - Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr
- K - How do you feel about the other people in your current fandom
- L - Your favorite fanartist/author gives you one request, what do you ask for
- M - Your favorite fanart or fanartist
- N - Your favorite fanfiction or fanauthor
- O - Choose a song at random, which OTP does it remind you of
- P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)
- Q - A ship you’ve abandoned and why
- R - A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships
- S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon
- T - If you mostly have homoships, do you have any heteroships
- U - If you mostly have heteroships, do you have any homoships
- V - Are you one of those fans who can’t watch anything without shipping
- W - 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms
- X - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms
- Y - A fandom you’re in but have no ships from
- Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go
(Source: chainedtocastiel)
rebloggable
Skeptical corgi is skeptical.
Karrin/Harry (The Dresden Files series)
fangirl challenge: favorite pairings
[23/25] *comic images* *unknown painting*
Guys, these two images are ripe for memes…
(ps, If you don’t, I will.)
Wang Fire XD
Forever better than Chuck Norris.
